The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has had some technical difficulties during the government shutdown.

Medicare open enrollment should operate like normal despite the government shutdown affecting thousands of federal employees.

WASHINGTON — A federal rule aiming to make reimbursement for breakthrough devices easier is slated for early summer, a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services official said on Thursday. The agency ...

WASHINGTON — When Medicare starts negotiating drug prices, it will take into account how important a drug is for patients, Meena Seshamani, the director of the Center for Medicare, said Tuesday. “We ...

CMS Principal Deputy Administrator Jonathan Blum will step down next month, according to a Reuters report. CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner announced Mr. Blum’s resignation, effective May 16, in an ...

Your recent article on Medicare’s prescription drug benefit (“Seniors dealing with Medicare Part D options,” Nov. 7) missed an important fact. Thousands of Pennsylvania seniors are eligible for PACE ...

The CMS is poised to crack down further on health insurers in the Medicare Advantage program, according to new comments from a top agency official. MA plans — which now cover more than half of ...

Harvard’s David Grabowski and Meena Seshamani of CMS discuss Medicare Advanatge efforts at the NIC Spring Conference Wednesday. Credit: Tori Soper DALLAS — Long-term care providers may not have had ...

Sean R. Tunis, a Maryland physician and high-ranking Medicare official, has agreed to a one-year suspension from practicing medicine and a $20,000 fine for falsifying documents showing he had met his ...